Did Utah mom charged in husband's death poison him with a cocktail?

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Did Utah mom charged in husband's death poison him with a cocktail?

CASE UPDATE: Kouri Richins was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole on May 13, 2026. In March, a jury convicted her of murder and other charges in her husband's 2022 death. …

CASE UPDATE: Kouri Richins was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole on May 13, 2026. In March, a jury convicted her of murder and other charges in her husband's 2022 death. This story originally aired on Feb. 24, 2024. It was updated on March 1, 2025. On March 4, 2022, Kouri Richins says she found her husband, Eric Richins , unresponsive in their bed. First responders tried to save him, but it was too late for the father of three. Weeks later, police said Richins' death was caused by an overdose of fentanyl. The grieving widow from Utah was arrested and charged with murder shortly after she wrote a children's book to help their kids cope with grief. In her first primetime interview, Kouri Richins' mother, Lisa Darden, tells "48 Hours" contributor and "The Talk" co-host Natalie Morales that hours before Eric Richins was found unresponsive, the couple was celebrating a new house-flipping deal Kouri was working on. Kouri Richins told investigators she had made her husband a Moscow mule that night. But something didn't sit right when the medical examiner ruled Eric Richins died from a lethal dose of fentanyl,according to his family's spokesman, Greg Skordas. "He wasn't an opioid user ... This doesn't smell right," says Skordas. Kouri Richins was later arrested and charged with murder. Prosecutors allege she gave Eric Richins a lethal dose of fentanyl on the night of his death. Eric's family suspects she placed the fentanyl in that Moscow mule. …

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